Records - Best Strength of Schedule 2026 FCS College Football

Strength of Schedule
Sout Dakota State - .724 (2023)
1	Dartmouth	0.667
2	Cornell	0.652
3	Eastern Kentucky	0.625
4	Furman	0.607
5	Idaho	0.597
6	Albany	0.588
6	Western Carolina	0.588
8	Abilene Christian	0.585
9	Eastern Washington	0.571
10	The Citadel	0.561
11	Princeton	0.553
12	Youngstown State	0.551
13	Brown	0.542
13	Harvard	0.542
15	West Georgia	0.541
16	Southern Illinois	0.537
17	Indiana State	0.536
17	Murray State	0.536
19	Incarnate Word	0.534
20	Prairie View A&M	0.533
20	San Diego	0.533
22	Fordham	0.529
22	Southern Utah	0.529
24	McNeese	0.525
25	Holy Cross	0.522
25	New Hampshire	0.522
27	Butler	0.522
28	Houston Christian	0.517
29	Northern Iowa	0.516
30	Gardner-Webb	0.515
31	Northern Arizona	0.514
31	Utah Tech	0.514
33	Florida A&M	0.510
34	South Dakota State	0.507
35	Portland State	0.507
36	North Dakota	0.506
36	South Dakota	0.506
38	Columbia	0.500
38	Monmouth	0.500
38	Montana State	0.500
38	New Haven	0.500
38	Tennessee Tech	0.500
38	Yale	0.500
44	Central Arkansas	0.492
45	Penn	0.489
46	Chicago State	0.488
47	Grambling State	0.487
48	Samford	0.486
49	Colgate	0.485
49	William & Mary	0.485
51	Georgetown	0.481
52	Stephen F. Austin	0.475
53	Drake	0.471
53	VMI	0.471
55	Bryant	0.470
56	West Florida	0.468
57	Howard	0.464
58	Stetson	0.463
59	Tennessee State	0.459
60	Bethune-Cookman	0.458
61	East Texas A&M	0.455
62	East Tennessee State	0.452
62	Northwestern State	0.452
64	UTRGV	0.450
65	Mercyhurst	0.448
66	Northern Colorado	0.446
67	Central Connecticut	0.444
67	Presbyterian College	0.444
69	Maine	0.441
70	Western Illinois	0.441
71	Rhode Island	0.439
71	Southeastern Louisiana	0.439
73	Eastern Illinois	0.435
74	Bucknell	0.433
74	Lamar	0.433
74	North Alabama	0.433
77	North Carolina A&T	0.431
78	Cal Poly	0.431
79	Stony Brook	0.426
80	North Carolina Central	0.424
81	Delaware State	0.423
82	Southern	0.422
83	Wagner	0.421
84	Montana	0.420
84	Villanova	0.420
86	Weber State	0.416
87	Austin Peay	0.415
88	Charleston Southern	0.414
89	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.410
90	Lehigh	0.406
91	Lafayette	0.400
92	Campbell	0.397
93	Nicholls	0.397
94	Merrimack	0.394
94	Tennessee-Martin	0.394
94	Towson	0.394
97	Alcorn State	0.391
97	Morehead State	0.391
99	Hampton	0.390
99	Morgan State	0.390
101	Alabama State	0.386
102	Chattanooga	0.386
102	UC Davis	0.386
104	Stonehill	0.382
105	Alabama A&M	0.378
106	Illinois State	0.377
107	Sacred Heart	0.371
108	Southeast Missouri	0.369
109	Saint Thomas	0.365
110	Tarleton State	0.364
111	Idaho State	0.361
112	Elon	0.361
113	Jackson State	0.359
114	Long Island	0.358
115	Dayton	0.357
115	Wofford	0.357
117	Duquesne	0.352
118	Lindenwood	0.350
119	Richmond	0.348
120	Marist	0.339
121	Mississippi Valley State	0.333
122	Texas Southern	0.327
123	South Carolina State	0.306
124	Mercer	0.304
125	Valparaiso	0.300
126	Davidson	0.286
127	Norfolk State	0.255
128	Robert Morris	0.246

Sout Dakota State - .724 (2023)

Dartmouth

0.667

0.652

0.625

0.607

0.597